Of course it’s Bush’s fault. If he hadn’t outsourced the cruise ship industry to Italy with a no bid contract to Halliburton by deregulating the cruise ship industry while giving a tax cut to the richest 1% of all Americans, none of this would have ever happened.
“If he hadn’t outsourced the cruise ship industry to Italy”
No cruise ships are built here.
WHY?
US government regulations.......surprise!
Specifically US Coast Guard regulations, many of which are ridiculous. Although there are obviously are many good things they check to make sure of for the safety of passengers and crew, it’s like any other US govt outfit.
So like any other business that has found the US to be overburdening to operate in, so too has shipbuilding.